🎙 Inventive Journey · 2026-06-24 · 41 min
In this episode of Inventive Journey, Devin Miller sits down with engineer and entrepreneur Brian Livingston to explore a career path that somehow connects Peanut Butter M&M’s, billion-dollar industrial projects, Caterpillar, and diesel fuel innovation. Yes, really. Brian shares how his childhood obsession with taking things apart eventually evolved into a chemical engineering career that spanned General Foods, M&M Mars, NutraSweet, and Caterpillar. Along the way, he discovered that while engineering fascinated him, understanding people fascinated him even more. That insight ultimately shaped his leadership style and project management approach throughout his career. The conversation dives into Brian’s early internships, corporate growth, and experiences navigating office politics, layoffs, international engineering projects, and large-scale operational leadership. One standout story involves his role helping manage a major project in France involving Japanese, American, and French stakeholders - an experience that earned him the nickname “the James Baker of project management.” And then there’s the Peanut Butter M&M’s story.
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